Solid Waste Collection · Michigan

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling

Traverse City, MI · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling: 6.1 TCR = 233% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling safety composite

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling: 3.6 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling's TCR rose 5.0 from 3.6 in 2022 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Traverse City, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 233% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #46/80
  • PHOTO S04187 - WM of Denve…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04187 - WM of Denver - Denver South (0.0 TCR gap)

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GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling averages 6.1 TCR (233% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 2.6

Where GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 80 Solid Waste Collection employers in Michigan.

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling (73 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling
GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling (73 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

GFL Environmental Traverse City Hauling has more employees than the Solid Waste Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 8.7 3.9 9 0 0
2023 5.9 3.9 6 0 0
2022 3.6 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MI · Traverse City

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 197 employers in Traverse City, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR S04187 - WM of Denver - Denver South 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of New Jersey, LLC 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Batavia Hauling 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stericycle - Bannockburn,IL-REMOTE 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Field Work 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michiana SC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric- Portland 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Powerline, LLC 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Medical Center 3,845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 569 FTE
NAT-TCR 1840 El Toro 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Archer Falls Church 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6373 Bonita Springs 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant 366 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE DCB4 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xanitos EVS at St Christophers Hospital for Children 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE HHH Senior Specialist 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mw Boston Delivery 73 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.